Over 50 Ukrainian prisoners of war killed in Russian captivity - Azovstal POW's murdered

[herding cats]

This, on the heels of the castration video of the Ukrainian pow is freaking terrorism of the Ukrainian people by Russia. It's Syria all over again by their Wagner group. My heart is broken tonight.

More than 50 Ukrainian prisoners of war have reportedly been killed in what is believed to be a Russian attack on a prisoner camp in Russian-occupied Donbas on July 28. This is possibly the worst crime against captive combatants since Russia launched its full-scale war.

"It was a deliberate Russian war crime, a deliberate mass murder of Ukrainian prisoners of war," said President Volodymyr Zelensky.

The attacked prisoner camp was near the town of Olenivka, some 20 kilometers south of Donetsk, the main stronghold of Russian-controlled militants since 2014. Many prisoners at the site were soldiers who took part in the intense fighting at Azovstal, a large metal plant and the last Ukrainian-held area in Mariupol.

The fight ended in May with Ukrainian command ordering the garrison to surrender in order to save their lives.

"When the defenders of Azovstal left the plant, the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross acted as guarantors of the life and health of our soldiers," Zelensky said. The president called on the UN and the International Committee of the Red Cross to visit the site and investigate the matter.

Ukraine repeatedly stated that it intended to get all the captured Azovstal defenders back home via prisoner swaps with Russia.

"Russia has proven with numerous terrorist attacks that it is the biggest source of terrorism in today's world," Zelensky said, adding that the international community must recognize Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism.
https://kyivindependent.com/national/dozens-of-ukrainian-prisoners-of-war-killed-in-russian-captivity

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1. Stupid Russians

Everything they do motivates Ukrainians to kick their asses out of the Ukraine. Putin is clueless with the population he can't dominate.

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2. This isn't stupid, this is pure evil.

They're trying to bait the Ukrainian's into retaliation so they can play "but look what they did to us?!" and it's going to work. There's zero chance Russian POW's won't suffer for this.